 Nonconservative binary mass transfer (source code)

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= Nonconservative binary mass transfer

= Nonconservative mass transfer
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In nonconservative binary evolution, matter can escape the system and/or external processes change its orbital <angular momentum>. Escaping overflow, a <stellar wind> and a <common envelope> can invalidate the fixed-total-mass and period-product invariants of <conservative mass transfer>.

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